Data

  • movebank.org
  • gps coordinates, timestamps, age, sex, reproductive status
Country Years Number of Cats
Australia 2015-2016 442
New Zealand 2015-2017 233
United Kingdom 2017 101
United States 2013-2016 154

Data Exploration

  • Cats are tracked over different time intervals.

  • E.g. Oscar L. from America is tracked over more than a year.

  • Jim from the UK is tracked over less than two days.

  • How we structure animations depends on the underlying timestamp intervals.

Data Structure

  • Store name, speed, latitude, longitude, sex, repoductive condition, age

  • Names!

Good but unpopular names

  • Captain America from the UK

  • Unfriendly from Australia

  • Catniss Everdeen from the UK (there is also a cat named Katniss Everdeen)

Data Exploration — Global

Data Exploration — National

Data Exploration — National, Truncated

Distance Travelled

  • Are there seasonal patterns over time?

  • Are there differences between countries?

Spatial Movements

  • Are there spatial or temporal cycles or patterns to their movement?

  • How do neighbouring cats interact spatially?

Spatial Movements